Two down, one to go.

Spruce Grove Saints forwards Logan Ganie and Jordan Biro celebrate a 2-1 victory over the Drayton Valley Thunder in Game 2 of the AJHL quarterfinal on Friday, March 8, at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove.

The Spruce Grove Saints took a 2-0 series lead over the Drayton Valley Thunder with a 2-1 win in Game 2 of the Alberta Junior Hockey League quarter-final on Friday.

Saints forward Dylan Bourlai opened the scoring just 31 seconds into the with a well executed set play off of a draw won by Bruce MacGregor.

“Bruce is really good on his backhand. He was able to win it to me right behind him, I just fired it on net and it was able to find its way in,” said Bourlai.

Logan Ganie continued his stellar play of late, extending the Saints lead to 2-0 on the power play 30 seconds into the middle frame. Thunder forward Matthew Kinash cut the lead in half midway through the second but that is as close as the game would get.

Matthew Davis and the Spruce Grove defence shut the door in the third period to put Drayton Valley on the Brink of elimination. Davis turned aside 24 of 25 shots in the win, while Luke Lush stopped 27 of 29 shots in the loss.

The Saints have the chance to close out the series and move on to Round 2 in Game 3 on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Drayton Valley.

“It was a really good start tonight. We executed really well on our draws which helped. I think we can bring another gear, we showed flashes of it tonight, we need to be more consistent that way and we’ll be fine in the long run,” said Bourlai.